Atleti prevail in a narrow 2-1 home victory against Osasuna

Atletico Madrid beat Osasuna with a thumping 2-1 victory on Sunday at Wanda Metropolitano. Both Atleti and Osasuna arrived in good form, having secured victories in their previous matches. Atleti were looking to pick up points after winning last match. Osasuna were looking to extend their winning run after a 3-2 victory against Cádiz. After today's result, Atleti are in 1st place on the table and has 83 points while Osasuna sit in 11th with 44 points after 37 matches.

Following a goalless first half, Los Rojillos fought back the second half, thanks to Ante Budimir finding the net in the 75th minute. However, they were unable to maintain their lead, Renan Lodi managed to equalize and take the sides off, 82 minutes in at 1-1. Atleti then netted once more and turned the match thanks to a goal from Luis Suarez just before the final whistle with a final score of 2-1.

For Atleti, Renan Lodi, Joao Felix, Hector Herrera, Moussa Dembele and Geoffrey Kondogbia, came on for Mario Hermoso, Saul Niguez, Marcos Llorente, Angel Correa and Luis Suarez. Osasuna replaced Roberto Torres, Enric Gallego, Lucas Torro and Ezequiel Avila with Jony, Ante Budimir, Enrique Barja and Darko Brasanac.

There were bookings for Luis Suarez from Atleti. For Osasuna, Ante Budimir and Darko Brasanac saw yellow.

Atleti will next play Real Valladolid away, with Osasuna facing Real Sociedad at home.